Let me first start out by explaining how this tank came into play. Well as some of you may know I have had a 55 gallon FOWLR tank running for about 6-7 months which is great but I really wanted to try my hand at coral but didn't want to spend alot of money on upgrading my lighting so I decided to downgrade to a 20 gallon long. I originally had 4 fish in my 55 which consisted of 1 Firefish, 2 Ocellaris Clownfish, and 1 Sandsifting Goby but obviously I couldn't keep all those fish in a 20g tank so I only kept the Firefish. Don't worry the other fish found good homes with local reefers.

I transferred most of the sand from the 55 which gave me a nice substrate depth of 1.5" to 2" in some areas. I am going to install 2x65watt PC's which came from my Current USA fixture. I would maybe like to add another small fish sometime in the future, as well as a Cleaner shrimp. I placed both Maxijet 1200's in the tank and turned them on and imo it is too much flow for only softies and a few LPS so I will place them on timers so only one powerhead will be running at a time. I will list specifications but Everything is from my 55 gallon tank including the water.

Pretty sweet DIY on the hood there, and I love the coral list.... a Brain (Open) and Favia (They have some pretty crazy green or orange onces at the LFS). In my opinion a fan would be a huge benfit to the tank :tup:

I have to go to HomeDepot today to purchase a piece of Acrylic to place over the tank to protect the lights from splashing water. I will post some full tank shots by tonight, but I do have a few pictures showing the surface agitation when both powerheads are running.

That is why I am going to be only running one powerhead at a time. When I have one powerhead running it creates even flow throughout the tank which should work out great, but running both at the same time is a bit much imo. Kev what are your thoughts on the flow issue? I was thinking of having one run for 12hrs than turn off and have the other one run for the next 12hrs and so on.

Update: I finished the canopy and placed a piece of acrylic over the tank to prevent splashing water. I took some full tank shots with the canopy I built, and yes I know the right top board lifts up but hey this is my first DIY canopy.

I love the way you have your live rock set up in there!!!!! Everything is looking good, after vacation I am going to set up a larger s/w tank and will be playing 200 questions again with you and Kev, Im planning on doing a DIY light set up for it.

Update: The tank is doing good and I'm getting some good coralline algae growth. I have added a small Green Clown Goby which is doing well and is eating most of the foods I offer. I will be adding a few more snails to my tank and I should be adding my first coral to this tank soon. Here is a full tank shot and a few pictures of my Firefish